Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects roughly half of Americans, depending on one’s definition of hypertension.

The updated guidelines recommend that people keep their systolic blood pressure under a specific number — 130 — to prevent cognitive decline and dementia. (Again, systolic blood pressure is the first ...

The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology issued their first new set of guidelines to help minimize hypertension since 2017. The new guidelines used by clinicians ...

Nearly half of all adults in the United States have high blood pressure, a condition known as hypertension. It is the leading ...

Regularly monitoring blood pressure is key to good health. But “garbage in = garbage out” as-always applies when it comes to ...

Share on PinterestWomen may need a different approach to hypertension control compared to men as they age, and digital health ...

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), methotrexate significantly reduces systolic blood pressure (SBP), according to a study.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have rolled out new guidelines to help combat high blood pressure—and one of their biggest ...

A recent study reveals that arm position significantly impacts blood pressure readings. Allowing the arm to hang freely can ...

A fermented food that has been a staple on plates in Korea for thousands of years has gone global in the past decade, with ...